Wednesday, July 8, 2015

July 1st (Day 182) Bible Reading

2Ki 18:13 Now in
the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up
against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

2Ki 18:14 And
Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have
offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the
king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of
silver and thirty talents of gold.

2Ki 18:15 And
Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD,
and in the treasures of the king's house.

2Ki 18:16 At that
time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the
LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid,
and gave it to the king of Assyria.

2Ki 18:17 And the
king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king
Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to
Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of
the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

2Ki 18:18 And when
they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of
Asaph the recorder.

2Ki 18:19 And Rabshakeh
said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king
of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

2Ki 18:20 Thou
sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and
strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against
me?

2Ki 18:21 Now,
behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon
Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is
Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

2Ki 18:22 But if
ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high
places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and
Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

2Ki 18:23 Now
therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will
deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders
upon them.

2Ki 18:24 How then
wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants,
and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

2Ki 18:25 Am I now
come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me,
Go up against this land, and destroy it.

2Ki 18:26 Then
said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I
pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it:
and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are
on the wall.

2Ki 18:27 But
Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to
speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on
the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

2Ki 18:28 Then
Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake,
saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

2Ki 18:29 Thus
saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to
deliver you out of his hand:

2Ki 18:30 Neither
let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver
us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

2Ki 18:31 Hearken
not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement
with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of
his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters
of his cistern:

2Ki 18:32 Until I
come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a
land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may
live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you,
saying, The LORD will deliver us.

2Ki 18:33 Hath any
of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the
king of Assyria?

2Ki 18:34 Where are
the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim,
Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

2Ki 18:35 Who are
they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out
of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

2Ki 18:36 But the
people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's
commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

2Ki 18:37 Then
came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their
clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

2Ki 19:1
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent
his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the
LORD.

2Ki 19:2 And he
sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and
the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the
son of Amoz.

2Ki 19:3 And they
said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of
rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is
not strength to bring forth.

2Ki 19:4 It may be
the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria
his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words
which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the
remnant that are left.

2Ki 19:5 So the
servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

2Ki 19:6 And
Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD,
Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of
the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

2Ki 19:7 Behold, I
will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his
own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

2Ki 19:8 So
Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for
he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

2Ki 19:9 And when
he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight
against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

2Ki 19:10 Thus
shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou
trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand
of the king of Assyria.

2Ki 19:11 Behold,
thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying
them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

2Ki 19:12 Have the
gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in
Thelasar?

2Ki 19:13 Where is
the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

2Ki 19:14 And
Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and
Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

2Ki 19:15 And
Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest
between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all
the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

2Ki 19:16 LORD,
bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the
words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

2Ki 19:17 Of a
truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

2Ki 19:18 And have
cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of
men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

2Ki 19:19 Now
therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that
all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even
thou only.

2Ki 19:20 Then
Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I
have heard.

2Ki 19:21 This is
the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of
Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of
Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

2Ki 19:22 Whom
hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy
voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One
of Israel.

2Ki 19:23 By thy
messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of
my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of
Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice
fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and
into the forest of his Carmel.

2Ki 19:24 I have
digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up
all the rivers of besieged places.

2Ki 19:25 Hast
thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times
that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to
lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

2Ki 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and
confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green
herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before
it be grown up.

2Ki 19:27 But I
know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

2Ki 19:28 Because
thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will
put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back
by the way by which thou camest.

2Ki 19:29 And this
shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of
themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the
third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

2Ki 19:30 And the
remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward.

2Ki 19:31 For out
of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion:
the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

2Ki 19:32
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a bank against it.

2Ki 19:33 By the
way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this
city, saith the LORD.

2Ki 19:34 For I
will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant
David's sake.

2Ki 19:35 And it
came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the
camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they
arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

2Ki 19:36 So
Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at
Nineveh.

2Ki 19:37 And it
came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped
into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Act 21:1
And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had
launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day
following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

Act 21:2 And
finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.

Act 21:3 Now when
we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria,
and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

Act 21:4 And
finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the
Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

Act 21:5 And when
we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all
brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the
city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

Act 21:6 And when
we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home
again.

Act 21:7 And when
we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted
the brethren, and abode with them one day.

Act 21:8 And the
next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto
Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one
of the seven; and abode with him.

Act 21:9 And the
same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Act 21:10 And as
we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain
prophet, named Agabus.

Act 21:11 And when
he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet,
and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the
man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the
Gentiles.

Act 21:12 And when
we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go
up to Jerusalem.

Act 21:13 Then
Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not
to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Act 21:14 And when
he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.

Act 21:15 And after
those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.

Act 21:16 There
went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with
them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Act 21:17 And when
we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.

Psa 149:1
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise
in the congregation of saints.

Psa 149:2 Let
Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their
King.

Psa 149:3 Let them
praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel
and harp.

Psa 149:4 For the
LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psa 149:5 Let the
saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Psa 149:6 Let
the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword
in their hand;

Psa 149:7 To
execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

Psa 149:8 To bind
their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Psa 149:9 To
execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise
ye the LORD.

Pro 18:8 The words
of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts
of the belly.